Federal Reserve approves its first rate cut since 2008

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/federal-reserve-approves-its-first-rate-cut-2008-n1037206

Exclusive: China to inspect Argentine crushers, could unlock No. 1 soymeal market

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-soyproducts-china-exclusive-idUSKCN1UP1WT

Japan-Korea trade dispute can hurt businesses and the global economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/japan-korea-trade-dispute-can-hurt-businesses-and-the-global-economy.html

Mark Carney Is Smacked in the Face by Brexit Reality

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-31/mark-carney-s-bank-of-england-is-smacked-in-the-face-by-brexit

I just don’t see an economic case for a rate cut: Fmr. chair of Council of Economic Advisors

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/i-just-dont-see-an-economic-case-for-a-rate-cut-fmr-chair-of-council-of-economic-advisors-223633414.html

Why the Fed Lowering Interest Rates Would Be a Mistake

https://fortune.com/2019/07/29/federal-reserve-lower-interest-rates-mistake/

Deutsche Bank: How negative interest rates helped turn Germany's biggest bank into a disaster - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/business/deutsche-bank-ecb-negative-rates/index.html

Trump’s Debt Binge Puts Treasury Auctions on Path to New Highs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/trump-s-debt-binge-puts-treasury-auctions-on-path-to-new-highs

Why the hard seltzer summer trend is more than a fad

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hard-seltzer-summer-124001123.html

The T-Mobile-Sprint merger could mean the end of the physical SIM card

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/26/8931784/t-mobile-sprint-merger-esim-justice-department-requirement-sim-card

Despite GOP Lawsuit, Insurers Say Obamacare Having Best Year Yet

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2019/07/28/despite-gop-lawsuit-insurers-say-obamacare-having-best-year-yet/amp/

Years of Living Dangerously: Japan’s Low-Yield Warning to World

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/years-of-living-dangerously-japan-s-low-yield-warning-to-world

The IRS Is Tracking Down 10,000 Crypto Owners to Pay Back Taxes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/the-irs-is-tracking-down-10-000-crypto-owners-to-pay-back-taxes

Consumer Boom and Producer Woes Show U.S. Economic Growth Divide

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-27/consumer-boom-and-producer-woes-show-u-s-economic-growth-divide

Future of U.S. Growth on Consumers’ Shoulders in Replay of 2015

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/u-s-growth-slows-to-2-1-as-trade-tensions-weigh-on-businesses

Rental communities the "fastest growing trend" in the housing industry

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/this-is-the-fastest-growing-trend-in-the-housing-industry.html

The coming $2.1 trillion extreme weather bonanza

https://www.axios.com/coming-21-trillion-extreme-weather-bonanza-f6d7e2b3-ef87-44ca-939e-7cb743bf9114.html

Brazil Is a Bigger Threat Than Either Iran or China

https://newrepublic.com/article/154547/brazil-bigger-threat-either-iran-china

Mexico Recession Risk Flashes as Economy Shrinks for Second Straight Month

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/mexico-s-economy-slips-for-a-second-straight-month-in-may

Trump fell short of 3 percent GDP goal in 2018, revised figures show

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/454878-trump-failed-to-hit-3-percent-growth-in-2018-data-revisions

Farmers Press for an End to the Trade War as the Trump Administration Rolls Out a $16 Billion Bailout

https://time.com/5636024/trade-war-16-billion-farm-aid/

Trump vows 'substantial reciprocal action' against France over tax targeting tech giants

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454908-trump-vows-substantial-reciprocal-action-against-france-over-tax

A Retirement Expert Says Annuities Are Better Than Bonds for Guaranteed Income. Here's His Argument

http://money.com/money/5649686/a-retirement-expert-says-annuities-are-better-than-bonds-for-guaranteed-income-heres-his-argument/

Tariff Clouds Rain Pain on the World's Factory Floor

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/trade-war-latest-trump-factories-industry-exports-economy

Draghi Signals ‘Worse and Worse’ Outlook Warrants ECB Stimulus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/draghi-signals-worse-and-worse-outlook-warrants-ecb-stimulus

David Einhorn Says He's Short U.S. High Yield, Investment Grade Debt

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/einhorn-says-he-s-short-u-s-high-yield-investment-grade-debt

Central Bankers Are Playing a Dangerous Game With Asset Prices

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-24/storing-up-trouble-why-central-banks-may-only-delay-recession

Investing: JP Morgan warns of sell-off in US stocks, lower earnings

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/investing-jp-morgan-warns-of-sell-off-in-us-stocks-lower-earnings.html

U.S. Truck Driver Shortage Is On Course to Double in a Decade

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-24/u-s-truck-driver-shortage-is-on-course-to-double-in-a-decade

Strong Dollar Good for U.S. Economy Over Long Term, Mnuchin Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-24/strong-dollar-good-for-u-s-economy-over-long-term-mnuchin-says

German Industry Recession Worsens as Companies Cut Profit Goals

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-24/germany-s-factories-go-from-bad-to-worse-as-economy-treads-water

U.S. home sales tumble as prices surge to record high

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKCN1UI1T3

The U.S. Economy Is Great and the Fed Doesn't Care

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-23/fed-s-rate-cut-amid-strong-u-s-economy-implies-its-global-role

U.S. Steel's market value drops $5.5 billion because of Trump’s tariffs | Pittsburgh City Paper

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/us-steels-market-value-drops-55-billion-thanks-to-trumps-tariffs/Content?oid=15473747

China tax cuts may offset the effects of trade tariffs

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/24/china-tax-cuts-may-offset-the-effects-of-trade-tariffs-economist.html

How big a problem is the falloff in Chinese investment?

https://theweek.com/articles/854127/how-big-problem-falloff-chinese-investment

Trump's Pressure on Fed Could Be Leading Us to Economic Disaster

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/07/22/how-trump-could-be-leading-us-to-economic-disaster/

EU shoots down Boris Johnson's Brexit plan within moments of him becoming Tory leader

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-boris-johnson-eu-deal-tory-leadership-result-brussels-a9016911.html

Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya: Dairy farmers are suffering

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/perspectives/chobani-ceo-hamdi-ulukaya-dairy-farmers/index.html

UBS CEO Warns of ‘Dangerous’ Bubbles Spurred by Central Banks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/ubs-ceo-warns-of-dangerous-bubbles-spurred-by-central-banks

Trump Wants a Weak Currency. Rivals Do Too, and That’s a Problem

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/trump-wants-a-weak-currency-rivals-do-too-and-that-s-a-problem

Morgan Stanley sees 'credible bear case' for a US recession

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/22/morgan-stanley-sees-credible-bear-case-for-a-us-recession.html

Nearly Half of All Fortune 500 Companies Were Founded By Immigrants or Their Children, Study Finds

https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-founded-fortune-500-companies-us-gdp-1450498

Skills gap will cost US economy $1.2 trillion over the next decade

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/skills-gap-will-cost-us-economy-12-trillion-over-the-next-decade-122128830.html

Arkansas is the latest state to ban calling veggie burgers “veggie burgers”

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/22/20706073/arkansas-tofurky-veggie-burger-ban-aclu

The market has a technical problem, making it 'vulnerable' to a rapid sell-off, JP Morgan says

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/22/the-market-has-a-technical-problem-making-it-vulnerable-to-a-rapid-sell-off-jp-morgan-says.html

2020’s Free College Promises May Be Deadly to Private Schools

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/2020-s-free-college-promises-may-be-deadly-to-private-schools

Indicators point to sustained period of German industrial weakness: ministry - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-economy-idUSKCN1UH0HF

Why Instagram has really killed likes

https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/why-instagram-has-really-killed-likes-20190719-p528vg.html

Sawdust Might Be One Answer to the World’s Plastic Problem

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-22/sawdust-might-be-one-answer-to-the-world-s-plastic-problem

Study: Immigrants and their kids founded 45% of U.S. Fortune 500 companies

https://www.axios.com/immigrants-founders-fortune-500-companies-7e883b5a-1b76-462c-83b5-be68e2e9cae4.html

Cement Companies Are Starting to Get a $33 Trillion Headache

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-21/cement-companies-are-starting-to-get-a-33-trillion-headache

Farmers Earn More From YouTube Than Their Crops

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-21/farmers-earn-more-from-youtube-than-their-crops-amid-tough-times

Record-high temperatures could scorch U.S. economy

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave-2019-summers-record-high-temperatures-scorch-the-broader-economy/

China’s Built a Railroad to Nowhere in Kenya

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-07-19/china-s-belt-and-road-leaves-kenya-with-a-railroad-to-nowhere

Divorce Is Destroying the Finances of Americans Over 50

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/divorce-destroys-finances-of-americans-over-50-studies-show

A Hedge Fund Stripped My Newspaper for Parts. Now, Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Fight Back.

https://www.newsweek.com/hedge-fund-stripped-my-newspaper-parts-now-elizabeth-warren-has-plan-fight-back-opinion-1450049

Dollar stores are everywhere. That's a problem poor Americans.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/business/dollar-general-opposition/index.html

Fed's Rosengren not on board for rate cut: 'I think we should wait'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/feds-rosengren-not-on-board-for-rate-cut-i-think-we-should-wait.html

This Stock Is a Bellwether for the Global Economy. It Just Dropped More Than 5%

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/temasek-backed-sats-plunges-on-macro-headwinds-jet-airways

Philly Fed report pokes another hole in the Fed's case for a rate cut

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/philly-fed-report-pokes-another-hole-in-the-feds-case-for-a-rate-cut.html

Pampers introduces Internet-connected diapers

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/pampers-introduces-internet-connected-diapers

The Fed’s $3.8 Trillion Balance Sheet Is Unlikely to Shrink More

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/the-fed-s-3-8-trillion-balance-sheet-is-unlikely-to-shrink-more

Federal Reserve officials lay out case for aggressive rate cuts - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-williams-idUSKCN1UD2NX

Trump's tariffs trip up the all-American RV industry

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-rvs-idUSKCN1UD18L

We haven’t seen interest rates this low since before Hammurabi, so what bonds should you buy?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/we-havent-seen-interest-rates-this-low-since-before-hammurabi-so-what-bonds-should-you-buy-2019-07-18

House Vote to Repeal Obamacare Tax Shows Health Care Tension

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-17/democrats-spotlight-health-care-tensions-in-obamacare-tax-repeal

U.S. housing market stuck in a rut even as mortgage rates fall

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKCN1UC1I6

A $338 Billion Manager Says Now Is Time to Protect Stock Profits

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/a-338-billion-manager-says-now-is-time-to-protect-stock-profits

New cracks in the global economy as exports tumble

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49013571

The Abyss Is Opening Under China-U.S. Relations

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/17/the-abyss-is-opening-under-china-u-s-relations/

$15-hour federal minimum wage makes sense based on CBO report

https://www.businessinsider.com/15-an-hour-minimum-wage-jobs-cbo-report-opinion-2019-7

Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/foreign-purchases-of-american-homes-plunge-36percent-as-chinese-buyers-flee.html

Fed's Daly says she is not leaning one way or the other on rate decision - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-daly-idUSKCN1UB2UU

The Fed is acting insane — that’s the economy’s biggest problem

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/central-bankers-are-acting-insane-thats-the-economys-biggest-problem-2019-07-17

With U.S. stimulus fading, Fed can’t ignore stagnant global growth, Morgan Stanley argues

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-us-stimulus-fading-fed-cant-ignore-stagnant-global-growth-morgan-stanley-argues-2019-07-17

With U.S. stimulus fading, Fed can’t ignore stagnant global growth, Morgan Stanley argues

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-us-stimulus-fading-fed-cant-ignore-stagnant-global-growth-morgan-stanley-argues-2019-07-17

Christine Lagarde resigns as head of IMF

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49009226

Christine Lagarde resigns as head of IMF

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49009226

Europe Dived Into Negative Rates and Now It Can't Find a Way Out

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-17/europe-dived-into-negative-rates-and-now-it-can-t-find-a-way-out

Retail graveyard: More than 7,000 U.S. stores have closed this year

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-than-7000-us-stores-have-closed-2019-final-tally-could-exceed-12000/

EU opens Amazon antitrust investigation

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/17/20696214/amazon-european-union-antitrust-investigation-third-party-seller-marketplace

White House Knows It Needs the Fed to Make a Dent in the Dollar

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-17/white-house-knows-it-needs-the-fed-to-make-a-dent-in-the-dollar

One Bad Leveraged Loan Isn’t a Liquidity Scare

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-17/clover-technologies-leveraged-loan-isn-t-a-liquidity-scare

JPMorgan’s Lending Outlook Suffers From Fed’s Rate Reversal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/jpmorgan-bond-trading-revenue-outlook-suffer-from-fed-reversal

China seen in no hurry to end trade war with U.S. after comments by Commerce Minister

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-seen-in-no-hurry-to-end-trade-war-with-us-after-comments-by-commerc-minister-2019-07-16

Trade war fallout is not crushing China's economy: Stephen Roach

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/16/trade-war-fallout-is-not-crushing-chinas-economy-stephen-roach.html

IMF Urges Policy Makers to Be Ready for Steeper Global Slowdown

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/imf-urges-policy-makers-to-be-ready-for-steeper-global-slowdown

Only a Half-Point Rate Cut From the Fed Will Do

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-16/federal-reserve-must-cut-interest-rates-by-half-a-percent

Central Bankers Are Sick of Rescuing the World Economy Alone

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/central-bankers-are-sick-of-rescuing-the-world-economy-alone

Fossil Fuels Are Far Less Efficient Than Previously Thought

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/fossil-fuels-are-far-less-efficient-than-previously-thought

This 401(k) move before you retire guarantees monthly income in old age

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-401k-move-before-you-retire-guarantees-monthly-income-in-old-age-2019-07-15

Beware, the IRS is eyeing your inherited money

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/beware-the-irs-is-eyeing-your-inherited-money-2019-07-15

Fast, free shipping has an environmental cost - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/business/fast-shipping-environmental-impact/index.html

China's economy grows at slowest pace since 1990s

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48985789

Full-Blown Currency War Can No Longer Be Ruled Out, Pimco Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-15/pimco-says-full-blown-currency-war-can-no-longer-be-ruled-out

Oil: IMO 2020 marks 'the biggest change in oil market history'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/15/oil-imo-2020-marks-the-biggest-change-in-oil-market-history.html

Make no mistake, the Fed will pay a premium when it cuts rates this month

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/el-erian-federal-reserve-rate-cut-complex-124405962.html

College Education ‘Opportunity Cost’ Depends on Where You Live

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-13/college-education-opportunity-cost-depends-on-where-you-live

The Fed is coming to the rescue. But there's no emergency

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/business/fed-powell-rate-hikes-economy-recession/index.html

We’ve just lived through the greatest period of restaurant growth in U.S. history. Here’s why it’s ending.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/08/weve-just-lived-through-greatest-period-restaurant-growth-us-history-heres-why-its-ending/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5a3c6bc204dc

Explaining U.S. Foreign Exchange Intervention - NEW YORK FED

https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed44.html

These Are the Countries Most at Risk of Housing Bubbles

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-12/canada-new-zealand-show-signs-of-housing-bubble-says-study

Why Federal Highway Policy Is Speed Bump Slowing Down Better Roads

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/12/why-federal-highway-policy-is-a-speed-bump-slowing-down-better-roads/

Here's another sign the US dollar is too strong: burgers

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/12/investing/dollar-big-mac-index/index.html

Jerome Powell Is Becoming Central Banker to the World

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-12/powell-dons-the-mantle-of-world-s-central-banker-as-risks-rise

Oil Surplus Makes Surprise Return Despite OPEC Cuts, IEA Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-12/oil-surplus-makes-surprise-return-despite-opec-cuts-iea-says

China Posts Record US Trade Surplus as Trump Tariffs Fail to Slow Export Growth

https://www.thestreet.com/politics/china-posts-record-us-trade-surplus-as-trump-tariffs-fail-to-slow-export-growth-15017607

Wyoming may hold key to the rare earth minerals trade war with China

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/wyoming-may-hold-key-to-the-rare-earth-minerals-trade-war-with-china.html

When Is the Next Recession? These 4 Warning Signals Have Already Gone Off | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2019/07/11/next-recession-warning-signs-yield-curve-confidence-manufacturing/

Fed’s Powell says U.S. economy was hit by ‘confidence shock’ — it has only partly recovered

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/powell-says-us-economy-was-hit-by-confidence-shock-it-has-only-partly-recovered-2019-07-11

Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Address Campus Hunger

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/lawmakers-introduce-bill-address-campus-hunger/593704/

U.S. budget deficit jumps 23 percent this fiscal year

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-budget-deficit-jumps-23-percent-this-fiscal-year

Small caps are flashing a warning signal ignore at your peril

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/11/small-caps-are-flashing-a-warning-signal-ignore-at-your-peril.html

France digital tax is approved by lawmakers. The US has threatened to retaliate.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/tech/france-digital-tax-trump-investigation/index.html

Health Warning: If Your Workplace Lacks This 1 Thing, Quit ASAP

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/health-warning-if-your-workplace-lacks-this-1-thing-quit-asap.html

Trump and the stock market are spooking Powell into making this rookie mistake

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-and-the-stock-market-are-spooking-powell-into-making-this-rookie-mistake-2019-07-10

Here’s how low-income Americans are ‘punished for being poor’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-low-income-americans-are-punished-for-being-poor-2019-07-10

Guess What’s Holding Back Wind Power in the U.S.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-10/u-s-wind-farms-have-trouble-connecting-to-cities

JP Morgan strategist: Fed is 'making a mistake' by cutting rates

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/jp-morgan-strategist-fed-is-making-a-mistake-by-cutting-rates.html

Editorial board: Wyoming leaders need to prepare for the decline of coal

https://trib.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-board-wyoming-leaders-need-to-prepare-for-the-decline/article_c0692060-a9d5-592c-87a2-683bd649fa82.html

Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short vs. Obama

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/07/05/trump-is-falling-almost-1-million-jobs-short-vs-obama/#36d7b3ac8caa

China’s loans to rest of the world worth US$5 trillion, 6 per cent of global economy, new study reveals

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3017902/chinas-loans-rest-world-worth-us5-trillion-6-cent-global

Economics is Broken

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/economics-dignity-gene-sperling/593485/

Powell Heads to Congress With Rate Cut in Play, Risk on His Mind

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-09/powell-heads-to-congress-with-fed-cut-in-play-testimony-preview

Long-defiant truckers are forced into conformity

https://www.axios.com/long-defiant-truckers-are-forced-into-conformity-e74a0f63-0cad-4c6d-9892-cf8e2988846c.html

The latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, explained

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/9/20686224/affordable-care-act-constitutional-lawsuit-fifth-circuit-court-texas-district-court

Trump's USMCA a path to perdition for American produce farmers

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/451996-trumps-usmca-a-path-to-perdition-for-american-produce

Here's another scary sign from the bond market

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/investing/30-year-bond-federal-funds-rate-economy/index.html

Netflix's Worst Nightmare Has Come True

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenmcbride1/2019/07/08/netflixs-worst-nightmare-has-come-true/amp/

Social Security is losing money by allowing retirees to defer claiming benefits

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/social-security-is-losing-money-by-allowing-retirees-to-defer-claiming-benefits-2019-07-08

A Coconut Crisis Is Looming With Major Shortages Worldwide—but Cloning Could Prevent It

https://www.newsweek.com/coconut-crisis-solved-cloning-1447985

My Country Is Not a Dumping Ground for Your Garbage

https://www.newsweek.com/my-country-not-dumping-ground-your-garbage-opinion-1447709

Trump Jawbones Fed Yet Again, May Be Grooming Powell Successor

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-07/trump-jawbones-fed-yet-again-may-be-grooming-powell-successor

Morgan Stanley Turns Bearish on Global Stocks as Challenges Grow

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/morgan-stanley-turns-bearish-on-global-stocks-as-challenges-grow

New NAFTA brings high risks and few rewards

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/451775-new-nafta-brings-high-risks-and-few-rewards

New data will show wealth gap between CEOs and workers and fuel debate

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/07/new-data-show-wealth-gap-between-ceos-and-workers-and-fuel-debate/1667944001/

No-deal Brexit threat causes sharpest investment drop since 2009 recession

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/08/no-deal-threat-causes-sharpest-investment-drop-since-2009-recession

A financial planner does the same 2-part calculation to figure out how much every client needs to retire

https://www.businessinsider.com/financial-planner-test-retirement-income-without-social-security-2019-7

Truckers' fears have soared to recession-level highs

https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-recession-fears-morgan-stanley-2019-7

Erdogan Ousts Central Bank Chief Who Drew Ire for Holding Rates

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-06/erdogan-removes-cetinkaya-names-deputy-as-central-bank-governor

The Myth of the Tight U.S. Labor Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-07-05/the-myth-of-the-tight-u-s-labor-market

Fed describes labor market as strong, weak inflation as 'transitory'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/05/fed-describes-labor-market-as-strong-weak-inflation-as-transitory.html

After this strong jobs report, the Fed should deliver some tough love and ignore the stock market’s tantrum

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/after-this-strong-jobs-report-the-fed-should-deliver-some-tough-love-and-ignore-the-stock-markets-tantrum-2019-07-05

What Happens When the U.S. Dollar Declines?

https://www.thestreet.com/markets/what-happens-when-the-u-s-dollar-declines--15010295

Furious Bondholders Hound Guaido’s Money Man as Defaults Pile Up

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-05/furious-bondholders-hound-guaido-s-money-man-as-defaults-pile-up

Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

https://apnews.com/8ac33686b64a4fbc991997a72683b1c5

MAD Magazine to Stop Publishing New Content After 67 Years

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-04/mad-magazine-to-stop-publishing-new-content-after-67-years

While Trump Isolates the U.S., It’s ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ for the Rest of the World – Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/03/while-trump-isolates-u-s-its-lets-make-a-deal-for-the-rest-of-the-world-trade-fta-mercosur-eu/

Beyond Meat Fever Turns the Tiny Pea Into America’s Hot New Crop

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-03/beyond-meat-fever-turns-the-tiny-pea-into-america-s-hot-new-crop

Mississippi is forbidding grocery stores from calling veggie burgers “veggie burgers”

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/3/20680731/mississippi-veggie-burgers-illegal-meatless-meat

EU signs new trade deal with Vietnam, as Hanoi benefits amid trade war

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/04/eu-signs-new-trade-deal-with-vietnam-as-hanoi-benefits-amid-trade-war.html

BOE Issues Fresh Warning on Risk From Funds With Illiquid Assets

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-03/boe-issues-fresh-warning-on-risk-from-funds-with-illiquid-assets

The bond market says we're headed for a recession.

https://slate.com/business/2019/07/yield-curve-bond-market-recession.html

ADP/Moody's: Private payrolls rise 102,000 in June vs. 135,000 est.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/03/adpmoodys-private-payrolls-rise-102000-in-june-vs-135000-est.html

Bad news: Banks are cutting yields on savings accounts and CDs

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bad-news-banks-are-cutting-yields-on-savings-accounts-and-cds-2019-07-03

U.K. on Path for Second-Quarter Contraction After Dismal June

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-03/u-k-services-stagnate-pointing-to-an-economy-in-contraction

A US insurance company has just announced it will stop supporting coal

https://thinkprogress.org/us-insurance-company-stop-investing-in-and-insuring-coal-7f2bd3f02ecd/

The Education Deserts of Rural America

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/education-deserts-across-rural-america/593071/

Companies are warning that earnings results are going to be brutal

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/01/companies-are-warning-that-earnings-results-are-going-to-be-brutal.html

The Injustice of Canceling Student Debt

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/30/the-injustice-of-canceling-student-debt/

'It's really troubling': Parts of America are trapped in a ‘catch-22’ economic situation

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rural-america-distressed-communities-181618799.html

US tariffs on EU: new goods worth $4 billion targeted by Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/economy/us-tariffs-on-eu/index.html

Locked out of China, U.S. pork producers sniff out new buyers

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-hogs-insight-idUSKCN1TX0GV

Rich get richer, everyone else not so much in record U.S. expansion

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-expansion-contrasts-idUSKCN1TX0HE

Morgan Stanley on trade truce: No real progress, downside risks to economy and market remain

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/01/morgan-stanley-on-trade-truce-no-real-progress-downside-risks-to-economy-and-market-remain.html

Corporate debt could be the next sub-prime crisis, warns banking body

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/30/corporate-debt-could-be-the-next-subprime-crisis-warns-banking-body

Turkey Is a Great Example of How Not to Treat a Central Bank, BIS Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-30/bis-says-turkey-an-example-of-what-not-to-do-to-a-central-bank

Why Tariffs Aren't The Only Reason For Investors To Worry About China

https://www.ibtimes.com/why-tariffs-arent-only-reason-investors-worry-about-china-2803760

Realigning U.S. monetary policy for a truly global currency

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/realigning-us-monetary-policy-for-a-truly-global-currency-2019-07-01

Non-homeowners say student loans are why they can't afford to buy

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/28/83-percent-of-non-homeowners-say-student-loans-are-the-reason-they-cant-afford-to-buy.html

'Yield Curve Inversion' Hits 3-Month Mark, Could Signal A Recession

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/30/737476633/what-just-happened-also-occurred-before-the-last-7-u-s-recessions-reason-to-worr